MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION - Health Promotion Agency
MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION - Health Promotion Agency
MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION - Health Promotion Agency
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Mental <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Promotion</strong> in Northern Ireland<br />
CATEGORY 1<br />
Project name<br />
Contact name<br />
Address<br />
Mental Well Being At Work in The Northern Ireland Civil Service<br />
(NICS)<br />
Victor Douglas – <strong>Health</strong>y Workplace Adviser<br />
NICS Occupational <strong>Health</strong> Service<br />
Lincoln Building<br />
27-45 Great Victoria Street<br />
Belfast<br />
BT2 7AD<br />
Telephone number 01232 251715<br />
Brief description of project<br />
Objectives<br />
A 5 point action plan to promote mental wellbeing and prevent<br />
mental ill health among employees of the Northern Ireland Civil<br />
Service (NICS:<br />
• Mental well-being at work policy.<br />
• Guidance on policy implementation.<br />
• Survey of mental health status and coping skills.<br />
• Seminars and other information exchange.<br />
• Interactive stress training package for groups of employees.<br />
• To promote greater awareness and understanding of mental health<br />
in general and stress at work in particular.<br />
• To enable the NICS to comply with statutory health and safety and<br />
other employment obligations.<br />
• To protect the mental wellbeing of NICS employees at work.<br />
• To enhance organisational performance.<br />
Outcomes: Planned • Survey<br />
• Training package<br />
• Further seminars<br />
Actual<br />
• Policy and guidance<br />
• Seminar<br />
• Research<br />
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